Saturday, January 21, 2012

The New Kids On The Prison Block

So, it's post#1, and the two of us have been let loose on the unsuspecting citizens of the blogosphere. We've taken a long look around, and decided that we've got to treat this place like a prison yard. You know, make a statement, so that we don't end up getting shanked with a sharpened toothbrush in the showers. There are a lot of pitfalls when you're the new kids on the prison block.

Paying for protection

There are always the big dogs who run the prison yard; the ones who keep you safe, and give you extra cigarettes in return for whatever they need. In other words, authors who want to give away free books in order to get good reviews. Well, we both kicked our nicotine habits, and stopped giving out blow jobs for favors (figuratively and literally) back in college.

So, that's code for, “We won't be asking for or accepting any free books from authors in exchange for pimpage.” We want to keep things as objective as possible here in our little corner.

What we want is simple, we want to give you our honest opinions, make you laugh, share our thoughts, and have a dialogue with other readers. We want this to be a space where we can talk books, and M/M romance with people who, like us, have had their lives and reading time hijacked by this fantastic genre.

Gang life

It's human nature for people to form packs. It happens in any situation where there are enough persons to share an opinion.

And in our little reading pond it happens too…The Crips like the way Author Man writes rimjobs better than Author Lady…The Bloods think that’s bullshit, because everybody knows a good sucking off is what makes or breaks a book…And WHAM!!! All of a sudden we’ve got gang war on our hands over a bunch of assholes.

That’s when the game gets tricky, because with all these bangers on the lookout a person can loose an eye over Three Little Stars…In this yard, a bad review might get you a fork in the eye, and landed in the infirmary faster than you can say “mate claiming”.

The M/M Romance genre is a young one. Everyone knows or knows of, almost everyone else. That means that people form a lot of great relationships. It also means that sometimes people are afraid to give honest opinions and reviews for fear of hurting feelings or getting attacked. We will try and do the best we can with this, we will be honest and fair, while being respectful to the authors and readers alike.

Pleasing The Wardens

And what about the publishers? What about the people who run things behind the scenes and provide us with that sweet crack we love so well? We probably won't be accepting books from them either for the most part, but if we do we will make sure and let you guys know if a review is for a book we were given by a publisher.

You can count on this though: We will not let crappy editing slide. Good publishers, like good wardens should be watching out for the newbies. Slacking off on the job, is unfair to the new authors, who need help from their publishers to get the best possible book out to the readers. Authors deserve better from their publishers than a spellcheck, and an Atta boy!...And so do we.

Conjugal Visits

Now to the Daddies, the authors, just because we won’t be taking freebies from you guys, it doesn’t mean we ain’t got no love for you. If you keep us happy we will always be willing to give up some Sweet Lovin', and having good books to read, always puts us in the mood. We are unrepentant smut sluts after all.

We will ALWAYS be looking for ways to promote good books and good writers. We will try to invite writers in for a chat, for an interview, or just try to keep up with what the authors we love are working on next.

Putting the Word Out

Everyone (those of us who have watched Prison Break, and other incarceration themed shows) knows that news in a prison yard gets around fast.

This community of readers is not too shabby in spreading the word either, we hope that this blog will be one of the places where M/M Romance readers can find what’s new and what’s good, and share the love…Nothing makes us happier than reading a book, loving it, and telling others about it.

Sooooo…Here we are folks, the new kids, making the rounds in the yard…We’re all stocked up on ciggies and porn, and we’re ready to play.

38 comments:

Nice start, ladies..er LLadies. I enjoyed the snarky feel and look forward to your reviews. I especially would like a heads up on what authors are working on as I'm too lazy to keep up with their blogs and websites.

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